Biden: Past Six Years Have Been Really, Really Tough For This Country And Our Party

Vice President Joe Biden addressed 180 House Democrats at the caucus’ three-day policy retreat in Philadelphia at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel Friday morning. Local Democratic leaders wanted Biden to convince Democratic National Committee chairwoman and U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz to select Philadelphia as the host city for the 2016 convention.

To state the obvious, the past six years have been really, really hard for this country. And have been really tough for our party, just ask Steve. I mean they’ve been really tough for our party. But together, because together, and together we’ve made some really, really tough decisions. Decisions that weren’t at all popular. Hard to explain.